New York City-1964: Large Domed Building and Ship in Water

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 New York

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Large Domed Building and Ship in Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a large domed building, likely the Jefferson Memorial, bathed in a distinct purple hue. The scene transitions to a large passenger ship floating in the water, with the New York City skyline visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color distortion, and a nostalgic, archival quality, offering a glimpse into mid-20th century Americana and urban waterfront life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125499859

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1070 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: worlds fair
Reel-level year note: 1964-1965
Reel-level location note: new york city
Date: 1964 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: New York City, New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a New York waterfront, skyline, domed civic architecture, or passenger-ship establishing insert.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century waterfront views, a large passenger ship, skyline towers, and a domed classical building, with the exact building identification requiring review.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, lingering briefly on a landmark-like domed building before turning to a ship and city skyline across the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a domed classical building, a large passenger ship, harbor water, skyline high-rises, railings or pier structures, and heavy film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan has purple color shift, soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a waterfront cutaway, travel-memory transition, city arrival beat, or brief insert between architecture and harbor sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually places leisure or travel observation within an urban waterfront setting, showing ship traffic and skyline density without confirming a specific event.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but building and vessel identification should be reviewed separately from copyright and property considerations.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1964 New York City 8mm waterfront, passenger ship skyline home movie, domed building travel footage, and vintage harbor cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 New York City waterfront clips, then broader 1960s harbor, ship, and skyline material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 home-movie frame showing a large domed classical building, tinted purple and softly focused within the 8mm frame. — A domed civic-style building appears in a purple-shifted 8mm frame.

New York City waterfront frame from 1964 showing a large passenger ship against a hazy skyline and harbor water. — A large passenger ship sits or moves on the waterfront with skyline towers behind it.

1964 New York City harbor view with a large passenger ship, high-rise skyline, water, and dark 8mm frame edges. — The passenger ship is framed below a hazy skyline across the harbor.

New York City 8mm frame from 1964 showing a passenger ship on the harbor with skyline towers and waterfront structures behind it. — A ship occupies the harbor foreground beneath the city skyline.

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